Today, the crown princess held a banquet in the Lingwang Mansion to entertain the noblewomen in Beijing, but the families of all officials above the third rank basically received invitations, which naturally included some female dependents of the county kings and marquises; It can be seen how grand the preparation of the princess's banquet is this time.

After all, no one in the whole capital now doesn't know that the prince is the only one who favors the princess, and the love between the husband and wife is deeper than that of Jin Jian and the couple, and they are simply the fairy and beautiful family that everyone envies.

If you can please the crown princess, it is equivalent to being able to show your face in front of the prince; If you can have a good relationship with the future prince early, even if you don't have a rich and noble future in the future, at least you will not be inferior to others.

Therefore, you can imagine how excited the women who received the invitation were.

And among them, there are also a few people who are worried, and among these people, most of them are female dependents who have said the princess's words behind their backs.

In fact, it is not a big deal to talk about royal affairs behind your back, after all, the family is a dazzling existence that day, and many people will occasionally mention some things about the royal family in private as fun.

It's a pity that this time the female dependents who said the princess's small words behind their backs met a master who protected his wife, and the female dependents secretly talked about the princess in private that she was a difficult person to get along with, thinking that this was just gossip between women, but I didn't expect His Royal Highness the prince to take these gossips seriously after hearing these words, and immediately arrested a few typical examples, reprimanded several officials, and bluntly said that they didn't even have the ability to control the back house.

Therefore, a few of the most gossiping women in the rich circle dragged their own masters alive, or with their own masters were demoted out of Beijing, or they were almost relieved by their angry husbands, and from then on, they really did not go out of the door, and they hated to become mute, and they no longer dared to gossip behind people's backs.

At that time, in order to vent his anger to Chu Xingyue, Zhao Ling only grabbed a few typical examples to deal with at that time, and did not drag some other coaxing female dependents in; However, this move can be regarded as an example of what makes the female dependents in Beijing almost frightened, especially the few female dependents who have laughed at the crown princess behind their backs with others, and they are even more nightmares and frightened, for fear that one day the prince and the princess will settle accounts, so that they will follow in the footsteps of the previous ones.

But they waited and waited without waiting for the prince's condemnation, thinking that they would be able to escape, but they didn't expect them to receive an invitation from the crown princess, which made several female dependents who were finally relieved to breathe a sigh of relief hang their hearts again, I really hated to faint to death, and never wake up again.

In this way, whether it was the noble ladies and relatives who were eager to sharpen their heads and wanted to come to the Ling Palace's mansion to participate in the banquet, or the officials and wives in Beijing who were full of fear in their eyes, after the quiet passage of time, they finally came at the time specified on the invitation.

For a while, the Lingwang Mansion, which was already in the city, was even more lively.

Almost all the minions in the Ling Wangfu are well-trained, and they can basically deal with such an occasion calmly and without being surprised, and in addition, they also know that this is the first time that the hostess of the palace has held such a grand event, even if it is to support the façade of the master, they must also be perfect, showing the character and bearing of their palace.

The invitation sent by Chu Xingyue clearly stated that all the ladies were invited to come to enjoy the lotus flowers in the house, so the venue for the banquet was arranged in the lotus pond in the backyard.

Today's lotus pond has obviously been carefully decorated, a gust of breeze sent, full of lotus flowers, or white or pink petals touch each other, reflecting the moving green posture on the water surface, and in the round and big lotus leaves against the background, like a fairy stained with morning dew, people can't help but immerse themselves in this wonderful.

Around the lotus pond, there are carved railings made of white jade, paths paved with blue bricks, and pavilions that are slim like girls; Lined with the reflection of willows on the shore, this scene is like a scene brought out of a painting, which makes people linger after coming.

As the time for the feast gets closer and closer, more and more people gather in front of the lotus pond.

The capital is such a big place, and there are so many people living in the rich circle, so the ladies who come to the banquet are basically familiar with each other.

When acquaintances meet, it is natural to have a good chat for a while, but this is to describe a good relationship, and naturally there are some narrow road encounters with bad relationships, so it becomes a needle-to-wheat mang.

Recently, rumors about the prince's side concubine have spread in the hustle and bustle of the noble circle in the capital, when the prince was still King Ling, he relied on his face and identity to attract many girls who had not left the cabinet, but at that time, King Ling and King Xuan were competing for the prince, plus everyone was fascinated by Emperor Showa's acting skills, and naively thought that King Xuan was the candidate for the prince in the mind of the Son of Heaven.

Therefore, at that time, even if someone wanted to send their baby daughter to King Ling's mansion, they had to consider the consequences of doing so; You must know that with their identities, even if they marry a daughter, they have to weigh the stakes in it, and if they marry their daughter into a camp that is destined to lose, it will not be a loss-making deal.

Therefore, all the Kwon Hoon families who have a little bit of an eye will keep a few points before the matter is clear, for fear that they will make a mistake and cause irretrievable consequences in the future.

It's just that reality is so fast-changing.

No one expected that King Xuan, who had the highest voice in the position of prince at the beginning, would end up in a fiasco, and even the Jiang family, a century-old family, fell apart overnight; And King Ling, who was once the least favored, has changed, from a prince to a prince, and now he is the acting regent of the sick Son of Heaven, holding all the power in his hands.

At this time, even a blind man has seen a truth, that is, the world of this Great Wei is already in his Zhao Ling's pocket.

Facing the future prince who will dominate the world, how can the Quan Xun family with ambition and desire continue to sit still? Therefore, the moment King Ling became the crown prince, they had already set their sights on the back house of King Ling's mansion.

The prince is now in the year of the weak crown, he is born graceful, handsome and chic, and now he is even more noble, if he can send his daughter to this Ling Wangfu to get a little favor, he will not worry that the whole family will not have the opportunity to show his face in the future.

What's more, everyone in the capital knows that there is only one female concubine in the huge Ling Wang's mansion, although it is rumored that the prince only loves the princess alone, so he will repeatedly refuse the courtiers' admonitions, and only love one woman; But it's just that others believe this kind of thing, how can these old fritters who have been immersed in officialdom for many years believe it?

To put it mildly, who man in the world is not lustful?

Not to mention anything else, His Royal Highness the Prince's biological father, Emperor Showa, is a master who loves beauty, and they all say that father and son are the most similar, Lao Tzu is a lustful person, how good can the son be?

Now that the crown prince is only guarding the crown princess, he must have never tasted the benefits of having many women, but once he knows the true taste of women in this world, can he continue to sit still?

Therefore, today, the crown princess held a banquet to invite the female dependents of officials above the third grade in Beijing to come to the banquet, and many of the female dependents dressed up their daughters, and a few even brought their nieces and the like.

And many of the ladies who were brought in were also very clear about the purpose of their coming to Ling Wangfu today, so they also made a lot of effort to make themselves look unique; After all, the identity and status of the prince are there, who can not think about it? And then there is the prince's handsome and brilliant appearance, which is really very popular with the little girls.

Many Huaichun girls have secretly thought in private, if one day their wishful husband will be the first person in the world, how face-saving and envious they should be.

In this way, almost everyone appeared in the Ling Wangfu with all kinds of Xiao Jiujiu, and they were deep in their minds and could do some simple work on their faces, but if they were shallow in their minds, the desires and schemes on their faces were clearly written on their faces, and they wished that everyone present knew that they came today, saying that they were coming for the crown princess, but in fact, they were coming for the noble person standing behind the crown princess.

There is only one prince, and there can only be two positions of the prince's side concubines, which is typical of the situation of more wolves and less meat, so as long as the ladies who come with other purposes are smiling on the surface, they can guard each other strictly in their hearts; It seems that the position of the side concubine already belongs to him, so he must not be snatched away by some unscrupulous prodigal hooves.

And there are naturally not a few people who have ideas, but among them, the only person who implements this idea most thoroughly is Zhou Rushuang, the girl of the Zhou family.

Speaking of this Zhou family, the people in the capital are naturally no strangers, because the Zhou family has a noble concubine Zhou Yanran who enjoys all the glory and wealth in the palace.

It's just that no matter how noble Zhou Yanran's identity is now, it can't change her background as a concubine's daughter, but this Zhou Rushuang is different.

She is a regular daughter-in-law, and she is quite loved by the old lady of the Zhou family in the Zhou family, and this woman is also a talented woman with a bit of fame, and her appearance is also quite good, so after the marriage, there are no longer a few people who come to the Zhou family to propose marriage.

But the Zhou family has always been a very ambitious family, and when Zhou Yanran was sent to the palace, he gained a lot of benefits with Zhou Yanran's momentum; Perhaps because they tasted the great benefits brought by nepotism and understood the importance of this, the Zhou family set their sights on the future Son of Heaven.

Therefore, Zhou Rushuang, who was led by the elders of the family today, can be regarded as having a heavy responsibility; And she, who prides herself on being quite tall and beautiful, is naturally very confident in herself.

Therefore, as soon as she came to King Ling's Mansion, Zhou Rushuang showed a lofty posture, as if the position of the prince's concubine was already her.

However, just when she was proud and complacent, she suddenly saw a light pink figure walking from not far away, and after she saw clearly who it was, her face suddenly became ugly.